Singlespeed & Fixed Gear"I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five.
Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft...As for me, give me a fixed gear!"-- Henri Desgrange (31 January 1865 - 16 August 1940)

I read the road forum much more than I do the SS/FG anymore. But every now and again one of these threads pops up and it's really annoying.

What was annoying about it? Did you bother to read the thread? The majority of the responses were positive.

Even so, why the hell are you so pissed off that a group of ROAD riders are questioning why the MASH gang is touring? By touring on a fixed gear bike, at the end of the day, they are touring in a very inefficient (albeit their own) manner. Road cyclists have ever right to point this out. Do not fault them for that.

You do realize that by running crying back to your little niche here on the SSFG board you are doing exactly what you are complaining about them doing, don't you?

I didn't notice much hate in that thread. A few don't really seem to get it, but thats their loss. Others were ambivalent and others showed some amount of respect for fixed gears. Who cares really. I ride gears and fixies...both have their place.

Spinning down hills at 200rpms is fun for a bit, but really, its much faster and more comfortable to shift into the 53/12 or 53/11.

nobody else thinks the OP was being sarcastic in his post (the road post, not this one)? it seemed to me like he wanted to see what everyone had to say, then tried to predict what the haters would say, then tried to make it seem like the haters shouldn't hate because we are all on bikes...